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Absolution: A Dark Romance Novel Kindle Edition

by Stevie J. Cole (Author), LP Lovell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Raised by criminals, I was molded to fit into a world without morals. And I had never cared about anything until the night I watched a man drop dead at the feet of my little killer. Everything inside me demanded that I take her, possess her—own her. She called to my depravity, and I called to hers.

People like us are monsters, and we shouldn't be worthy of love.

But obsession? Now, that's another story...

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016N2XGJK
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.5 MB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 188 pages

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Stevie J. Cole
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Stevie J. Cole is a USA Today Bestselling Author, 2016 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and an Amazon Top 10 Best Selling author. Her titles have reached #1 in Contemporary Romance, New Adult, and Sports Romance.
She lives in Nice with her two precious daughters, and has an obsession with penguins, European chocolate, and wine.
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L. P. Lovell
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LP Lovell is a number one best selling author of New Adult, Sports romance, and contemporary romance.
She suffers from a total lack of brain to mouth filter and is the friend you have to explain before you introduce her to anyone, and apologise for afterwards. Her spirit animal and soul mate is her cocker spaniel, Toots.
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SJ Cole
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SJ Cole is the dark romance and thriller pen name of Stevie J Cole.
SJ Cole loves to deliver dark, twisted storylines filled with charismatic villains and mind-numbing turns.
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Customers find the book engaging and enjoyable. They describe the tone as dark and depraved, with a heavy focus on angst and despair. The writing quality is praised as excellent and the characters are well-developed. However, opinions differ regarding the twists, with some finding them epic and unexpected, while others consider them dark and twisty.

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29 customers mention ‘Readability’26 positive3 negative

Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They enjoy the plot and find it compelling from start to finish.

"...Completely dark and so freaking good. LP & Stevie, I bow down to your dark twisted minds. Now, when can I get your dark book?!" Read more

"...Now for my opinion - I loved this book! Every page, every moment. The spicy scenes were above and beyond but can trigger people so be warned!..." Read more

"...It's a fantastic book!" Read more

"...The authors do a brilliant job of getting inside the heads of their characters. They really brought them to life in all of their psychotic glory...." Read more

17 customers mention ‘Dark tone’13 positive4 negative

Customers find the book's tone dark and brutal. They describe it as a favorite dark read of 2016. The book is described as depressing, sad, and hopeful.

"...I devoured each word and sentence as if I was dying of thirst. It's dark, gritty and oh so sexy but also funny at times and a complete mind twister...." Read more

"...When I say dark is so is. It's twisted, Messed up, Dark, powerful and sexy and I LOVED IT. I was shouting at my kindle for most of it...." Read more

"...It definitely had the makings of a book that I would love; it's dark, plenty of blood, psychos...." Read more

"...was particularly an extremely dark book, BUT I did think it was very brutal, full of angst, sad, desperate, hopeful and I so enjoyed reading it...." Read more

11 customers mention ‘Writing quality’9 positive2 negative

Customers praise the writing quality. They mention the two authors complement each other well and work great as a team.

"...WOW what a book. Loved it totally, well written, and it flowed really well all through the book. This is about Evie and Ezra...." Read more

"...I liked the characters and thought the writing was good and kept me gripped. This is one f**ked up couple! I mean WTFF?..." Read more

"...I don’t want to go into too much detail, because it’s a well written story that I don’t want to detract from with spoilers...." Read more

"...Well written a good read if you like very dark books" Read more

5 customers mention ‘Character development’5 positive0 negative

Customers like the characters. They say the story flows well.

"...Also, nobody eats throughout the entire book. However, the characters are so well developed all of this can be overlooked and this book is well..." Read more

"...It was compelling, sad and very dark. Characters and dialogue was excellent, especially Evie...." Read more

"Great plot line, character were good, spice on the kinky side yay. I likes the fact Evie wasn't frightened of anything...." Read more

"...The characters are great, the story flows so well!..." Read more

29 customers mention ‘Twists’18 positive11 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the twists in the book. Some find the twists epic and engaging, while others describe the story as dark, gritty, and uncomfortable to read. The plot line is described as great and the story flows well.

"...It's dark, gritty and oh so sexy but also funny at times and a complete mind twister...." Read more

"...Now for my opinion - I loved this book! Every page, every moment. The spicy scenes were above and beyond but can trigger people so be warned!..." Read more

"Absolution is a standalone Dark romance book. When I say dark is so is. It's twisted, Messed up, Dark, powerful and sexy and I LOVED IT...." Read more

"This is a standalone dark romance. This is the story of Evie and Ezra. When we first meet Evie she pretty much completely broken...." Read more

3 customers mention ‘Depravity’0 positive3 negative

Customers dislike the book's depravity. They say it has a raw and sinful element.

"...What the hell did I just read. This book is dark, twisted and depraved it will have you questioning your own sanity from beginning to end...." Read more

"...There is a raw element of depravity within it, but that comes from the treatment that one of the characters received, not of the act book..." Read more

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Kirsty Turner
Superb writing!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2016
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I have spent everyday trying to make a dent in this book since it was released and I kept getting interrupted. Today I sat down and started at the beginning. I finished it with in a few hours. My fingers were flying over the pages eager to get my dark side wet. There are not enough words for me to sum up how I loved this book. I devoured each word and sentence as if I was dying of thirst. It's dark, gritty and oh so sexy but also funny at times and a complete mind twister. I thought these ladies couldn't possibly top 'Wrong' & 'Wrath' but man they bloody nailed it and topped it 10 times over. I loved both Ezra and Evie and their characters will stick with me for a long time. Completely dark and so freaking good. LP & Stevie, I bow down to your dark twisted minds. Now, when can I get your dark book?!

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Victoria hubbard
Well Worthy Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 April 2024
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This is the STANDALONE book following Evie and Ezra.

Now for my opinion - I loved this book! Every page, every moment. The spicy scenes were above and beyond but can trigger people so be warned! If you want something taboo but has death and destruction with the added thriller of love and lust. This is the perfect book!

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Samantha Michelle Roberts
powerful and sexy and I LOVED IT. I was shouting at my kindle for ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2016
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Absolution is a standalone Dark romance book. When I say dark is so is.

It's twisted, Messed up, Dark, powerful and sexy and I LOVED IT. I was shouting at my kindle for most of it. The twists are epic I didn't see them coming!

I don't normally read dark books but this wow the way LP Lovell & Stevie J Cole have done this books is amazing keeps you wanting to turn the page to not knowing and wanting to know what's happening or happened. I couldn't put it down.

There is violence, abuse, explicit sex, if you done read dark and twisted this will take you out of your comfort zone, this is NOT BDSM. Just give is a try I promise you will not be disappointed.

This story of Evie & Ezra will keep you on your toes have you biting your nails. Thinking WTF is wrong with her/him but most of all will keep you going back as you have to know. It's a fantastic book!

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Michaella Dieter
Absolution
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2021
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⭐ 3.5 stars ⭐

This one was a little hit or miss for me. It definitely had the makings of a book that I would love; it's dark, plenty of blood, psychos.

The authors do a brilliant job of getting inside the heads of their characters. They really brought them to life in all of their psychotic glory. I enjoyed that aspect very much. There's a bit of a twist at the end that I didn't see coming.

Unfortunately it really needed another round of editing, which pulled me out of the story several times. I also found myself skipping portions of the book that were dragging, and often checking how much was left of the book.
To be fair, none of these were enough for me to DNF it, and I did enjoy it more than not.

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Kerry Fletcher
When we first meet Evie she pretty much completely broken
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2016
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This is a standalone dark romance.

This is the story of Evie and Ezra. When we first meet Evie she pretty much completely broken. I don't mean some man has done her over and broke her heart. No i mean she's completely messed up from growing up in a kind of religious cult. Told she's a sinner her whole life she believes it. She's taught that beauty makes others sin. That her beauty is the cause for everything bad that happens to her so she must endure pain and suffering to get forgiveness. Yep pretty messed up. She escapes and goes on a mission for god (or so she believes) to rid the world of bad men who sin. Who make her a sinner. Then we have Ezra. Equally broken by his past in his own depraved way. Taught not to have any emotion towards anyone or anything Ezra is a very bad man. He pimps out women to some very sick men after he has conditioned them to take what they need to in order to earn him money. He has serious connections with the mob and thinks nothing of killing people. He takes it all in his stride with a puff of his cigarette and a sinful smirk.

I won't say much more about the plot as i don't want to give spoilers.

OK so I'm kinda worried about my own sanity after reading this book. Reason being i actually could relate to these two. Well not personally because I'm not from a religious cult and i don't kill people in my line of business but you get my meaning. I felt desperately sorry for both of them from the start. They both made the best of the life they had forced on them. The story is a slow burn kinda story the crazy kinda creeps up on you and when it does go full on crazy it funnily feels normal... I was eager to turn each and very page i wasn't sure what was about to come next! I went to bed on 50% thinking about these two and their lives and kinda rationalized them, then when i went back in it was starting to build towards to the end and it actually made sense to me their actions and reactions. What this says about me i don't know. But i can say i thoroughly enjoyed the story from start to finish. It's different from all the usual fluffy take them to dinner, have hot relations and then claim them for the rest of their lives story. This is a completely messed up relationship between two broken people. Massive warnings here it is NOT a fluffy love story it is crazy and messed up completely wrong relationship but because of their past's they actually fit together perfectly. There is references to a religion but this is not a real religion it's a made up cult religion so please bare that in mind. There is violence from a man to a woman and violence from a woman to a man. I know lots won't like this but i will say it fits into the story it's not random abuse. Not sure that makes sense, i don't want to give spoilers so if you read it you will get my meaning. There are murders and tortures plus a fair bit of sex.

This story will make you think and feel sorry for people you may in real life call crazy and evil. I was pulled right into the cray cray and am now struggling to read light happy reads!! I can't talk highly enough about this book so if you're looking for something dark and different from the norm this is the book for you. If you want hearts and roses it is not!!

Loved it!!! massively!!

5 stars of Absolution. May i be forgiven too!

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My Gosh!
Reviewed in Canada on 2 April 2023
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This book drew me in, chewed me up and spat me out! Done in a day. Made me blush & kept me captivated. Not my normal genre, read on multiple recommendations. Now I recommend it but only if you can handle racy!

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Mimiorphee
Excellent
Reviewed in France on 9 October 2023
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Although not my favorite book the Lovell/Cole duo has written, Absolution embarked me into a crazy ride, and I enjoyed every twist and turn of this journey.
The epic dialogues had me smiling and literally bursting out laughing. This is exactly what I needed to read.
Evie and Ezra evaded me. I liked them from the beginning. If you like bad-ass heroines, danger, fun, and dark cringe scenes, this book is for you!

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Reviewed in the United States on 16 January 2016
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Absolution by LP Lovell and Stevie J. Cole is a heck of a ride. I want to put it right out there that I feel like a twisted and sick person because I loved it so much. I even had to talk to my friend, who also read and loved, just to make sure that I am still of sound mind. I feel like I need Absolution after reading this jewel.

I am putting it out there.. YOU NEED TO READ THE WARNING ON THIS BOOK!!
I am a woman of Faith but this book deals with some really, twisted and gritty circumstances and throws in a religious aspect and I know there will be haters. I really did not even think it could be a love story but somehow this duo of a team made me believe that these two dark, and I would say, sick-in-the-head characters found love. How? I do not know. I mean seriously, there are dead bodies everywhere. However, I still had moments of laughter when these two characters related.

Great Read if you can handle it! The darkness is real, twisted, and BLOODY!!

5 Bloody stars!!!
TEXAS HUGS AND HAPPY READING!!!

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Taika
Psychotisch
Reviewed in Germany on 17 July 2021
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Was ist wahrer Wahnsinn?!
Mal ganz klar dieses Buch…… Es gab ein paar Fragezeichen für mich durch die Geschichte aber im grossen und ganzen war es eine Schnelle und flüssige Lektüre !
Ich hab Stevie J Cole s Bücher noch nie gelesen aber mit diesem Roman hat sie mich überzeugt das sie eine sehr talentierte Schreiberin ist…..
Top Geschichte 👍

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Amber Lou
I NEED TO BE BATHED IN HOLY WATER
Reviewed in Australia on 31 January 2022
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Oh.my.gosh

I loved the violence, the killing, the s*x, the jealousy, THE PLOT...don't get me started on the plot, to say my jaw hit the ground and I had to put the book down just to comprehend what happened, I would be telling the truth😂 another book hands down written amazingly by these authors

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